Akumbu Uche is a Nigerian writer and performance storyteller. Her creative work has been published in Aké Review, Brittle Paper, Canthius, The Cincinnati Review, Engaging Borders Africa, Konya Shamsrumi, Sprinng, and Stony Thursday Book, among others.

If you enjoyed this week's "Pill Pill", then why not learn more about Ken Foxe's creation process? With our fiction editor, Angela Thoma, discover more about the themes of survival, detachment, and isolation.

Two Chicago poets walk into a bar, what do you get? A riveting conversation! Join Molly Sturdevant of The Wild Umbrella's three most recent poems and our Editor-in-Chief Julian Kanagy on a meditation on Sturdevant's inspiration, and thoughts on the ultimate American Poet: Emily Dickinson.